BILL NUMBER: SB 1452	CHAPTERED  09/19/00

	CHAPTER   520
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 17, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 21, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 11, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 20, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 5, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Wright and Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2000

   An act to amend Sections 5851, 5852.5, 5855.5, 5857, 5859, 5860,
5863, 5865, 5866, 5869, and 5880 of, and to add Sections 5856.2 ,
5865.1, and 5865.3 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to
child care.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1452, C. Wright.  Child welfare:  mental health.
   Existing law, the Children's Mental Health Services Act,
authorizes the State Department of Mental Health to enter into annual
performance contracts with participating counties for the delivery
of mental health services to a target population defined as
"seriously emotionally disturbed children." Existing law states the
Legislature's intent that 100% of newly appropriated funds be
dedicated to this target population.
   Existing law specifies the criteria to be contained in the county
program proposal and imposes additional requirements on participating
counties after receiving state funds.  Under existing law, the
program procedures under the act include the award of funds to
counties through a request for proposal bids process.
   This bill would specify that eligible children also include,
within the defined target population, those children that are
referred by collaborating programs and that are within the definition
of "seriously emotionally disturbed children."  This bill would
state the Legislature's intent that 100% of newly appropriated funds
be dedicated to this expanded target population.
   The bill would state the Legislature's intent that participating
counties be required to permit family members of a child receiving
services to be involved in the county's program planning and design
as well as the development of individual child treatment plans.  This
bill would also designate the age groups participating counties
would be required to serve, given the available resources.
   This bill would revise the program procedures under the act to
implement instead a request for applications for funding process, to
require the department to negotiate with counties to establish
appropriate evaluation measures, and to require the department to
audit and monitor use of children's system of care program funds.
   This bill would require additional criteria, such as protocol
development and program performance outcome distribution, to be
contained in the county proposal.  It would require participating
counties to consult with family advocacy groups, have a plan to
ensure that mental health services are planned to complement and
coordinate with existing federal and state services, and meet other
requirements within 3 years after receiving state funds.  It would
also revise program performance goals, require additional information
to be included in annual performance contracts, and would require a
county system of care serving defined age groups of children to make
specified services available, to the extent possible, and, if not
available, to identify a timeline for the development of these
services.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 5851 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5851.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no
comprehensive county interagency system throughout California for the
delivery of mental health services to seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families.  Specific
problems to be addressed include the following:
   (1) The population of children which should receive highest
priority for services has not been defined.
   (2) Clear and objective client outcome goals for children
receiving services have not been specified.
   (3) Although seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed
children usually have multiple disabilities, the many different state
and county agencies, particularly education, social services,
juvenile justice, health, and mental health agencies, with shared
responsibility for these individuals, do not always collaborate to
develop and deliver integrated and cost-effective programs.
   (4) A range of community-based treatment, case management, and
interagency system components required by children with serious
emotional disturbances has not been identified and implemented.
   (5) Service delivery standards that ensure culturally competent
care in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment have not
been specified and required.
   (6) The mental health system lacks accountability and methods to
measure progress towards client outcome goals and cost-effectiveness.
  There are also no requirements for other state and county agencies
to collect or share relevant data necessary for the mental health
system to conduct this evaluation.
   (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the model
developed in Ventura County beginning in the 1984-85 fiscal year
through the implementation of Chapter 1474 of the Statutes of 1984
and expanded to the Counties of Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Riverside
in the 1989-90 fiscal year pursuant to Chapter 1361 of the Statutes
of 1987, provides a comprehensive, interagency system of care for
seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and their
families and has successfully met the performance outcomes required
by the Legislature.  The Legislature finds that this accountability
for outcome is a defining characteristic of a system of care as
developed under this part.  It finds that the system established in
these four counties can be expanded statewide to provide greater
benefit to children with serious emotional and behavioral
disturbances at a lower cost to the taxpayers.  It finds further that
substantial savings to the state and these four counties accrue
annually, as documented by the independent evaluator provided under
this part.  Of the amount continuing to be saved by the state in its
share of out-of-home placement costs and special education costs for
those counties and others currently funded by this part, a portion is
hereby reinvested to expand and maintain statewide the system of
care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances.

   (c) Therefore, using the Ventura County model guidelines, it is
the intent of the Legislature to accomplish the following:
   (1) To phase in the system of care for children with serious
emotional and behavioral problems developed under this part to all
counties within the state.
   (2) To require that 100 percent of the new funds appropriated
under this part be dedicated to the targeted population as defined in
Sections 5856 and  5856.2.  To this end, it is the intent of the
Legislature that families of eligible children be involved in county
program planning and design and, in all cases, be involved in the
development of individual child treatment plans.
   (3) To expand interagency collaboration and shared responsibility
for seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children in
order to do the following:
   (A) Enable children to remain at home with their families whenever
possible.
   (B) Enable children placed in foster care for their protection to
remain with a foster family in their community as long as separation
from their natural family is determined necessary by the juvenile
court.
   (C) Enable special education pupils to attend public school and
make academic progress.
   (D) Enable juvenile offenders to decrease delinquent behavior.
   (E) Enable children requiring out-of-home placement in licensed
residential group homes or psychiatric hospitals to receive that care
in as close proximity as possible to the child's usual residence.
   (F) Separately identify and categorize funding for these services.

   (4) To increase accountability by expanding the number of counties
with a performance contract that requires measures of client outcome
and cost avoidance.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the outcomes
prescribed by this section shall be achieved regardless of the
cultural or ethnic origin of the seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families.
  SEC. 2.  Section 5852.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5852.5.  The department shall review those counties that have been
awarded funds to implement a comprehensive system for the delivery
of mental health services to children with serious emotional
disturbance and to their families or foster families to determine
compliance with either of the following:
   (a) The total estimated cost avoidance in all of the following
categories shall equal or exceed the applications for funding award
moneys:
   (1) Group home costs paid by Aid to Families with Dependent
Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program.
   (2) Children and adolescent state hospital and acute inpatient
programs.
   (3) Nonpublic school residential placement costs.
   (4) Juvenile justice reincarcerations.
   (5) Other short- and long-term savings in public funds resulting
from the applications for funding award moneys.
   (b) If the department determines that the total cost avoidance
listed in subdivision (a) does not equal or exceed applications for
funding award amounts, the department shall determine that the county
that has been awarded  funding shall achieve substantial compliance
with all of the following goals:
   (1) Total cost avoidance in the categories listed in subdivision
(a) to exceed 50 percent of the applications for funding award
moneys.
   (2) A 20-percent reduction in out-of-county ordered placements of
juvenile justice wards and social service dependents.
   (3) A statistically significant reduction in the rate of
recidivism by juvenile offenders.
   (4) A 25-percent reduction in the rate of state hospitalization of
minors from placements of special education pupils.
   (5) A 10-percent reduction in out-of-county nonpublic school
residential placements of special education pupils.
   (6) Allow at least 50 percent of children at risk of imminent
placement served by the intensive in-home crisis treatment programs,
which are wholly or partially funded by applications for funding
award moneys, to remain at home at least six months.
   (7) Statistically significant improvement in school attendance and
academic performance of seriously emotionally disturbed special
education pupils treated in day treatment programs which are wholly
or partially funded by applications for funding award moneys.
   (8) Statistically significant increases in services provided in
nonclinic settings among agencies.
   (9) Increase in ethnic minority and gender access to services
proportionate to the percentage of these groups in the county's
school-age population.
  SEC. 3.  Section 5855.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5855.5.  (a) Projects funded pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with
Section 5850) of Division 5, as added by Chapter 89 of the Statutes
of 1991, shall continue under the terms of this part.
   (b) The department shall negotiate with each participating county
to establish appropriate evaluation measures for the county's
children's system of care program after the initial three-year
implementation funding period as established in Section 5854.  The
department shall, on an annual basis, negotiate a performance
contract with each county electing to continue its children's system
of care program.  The annual performance contract shall be consistent
county to county, and shall include, but not be limited to, a scope
of work plan consistent with the provisions of this part and shall
contain a budget that has sufficient detail to meet the requirements
of the department.
  SEC. 4.  Section 5856.2 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   5856.2.  (a) Eligible children shall include seriously disturbed
children who meet the requirements of Section 5856 and who are
referred by collaborating programs, including wrap-around programs
(Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18250) of Part 6 of Division 9),
Family Preservation programs (Part 4.4 (commencing with Section
16600) of Division 9), Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability
Challenge Grant programs (Article 18.7 (commencing with Section
749.2) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1), programs serving
children with dual diagnosis including substance abuse or whose
emotional disturbance is related to family substance abuse, and
children whose families are enrolled in CalWORKs (Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 11200.5) of Part 3 of Division 9).
   (b) Counties shall ensure, within available resources, that
programs are designed to serve young children from zero to five years
of age, inclusive, their families, and adolescents in transition
from 15 to 21 years of age, inclusive.
  SEC. 5.  Section 5857 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5857.  (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall issue a
request for applications for funding for new children's system of
care programs to nonparticipating counties in each year that
additional funds are provided for statewide expansion pursuant to
this part.
   (b) Applications shall be submitted to the department by a county
mental health department with joint approval of collaborating local
agencies including, but not limited to, special education, juvenile
court, probation, child protective services agencies, the board of
supervisors, and the mental health advisory board.
   (c) Program staff from the department shall review all
applications for funding for compliance with all requirements of law
and the application guidelines established by the department.
   (d) The department may accept letters of intent from a county in
lieu of an application if moneys are not available to the county, to
affirm commitment by the county to participate in the request for
applications for funding process when moneys become available.  Upon
approval of an application by the director, a county shall be funded
for an initial three-year contract period as described in Section
5854 and annually thereafter, consistent with the provisions of this
part.  If a county is complying with the provisions of this part, the
department shall assure that the county receives an annual
allocation consistent with departmental guidelines for full funding,
as resources are made available.
  SEC. 6.  Section 5859 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5859.  If applications are deficient and not ready for approval,
department program staff shall provide specific written descriptions
of areas of deficiency to counties and provide, to the extent
feasible, any requested training, consultation, and technical
assistance to assist the applicant county to achieve necessary
compliance and department approval.
  SEC. 7.  Section 5860 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5860.  (a) Final selection of county proposals shall be subject to
the amount of funding approved for expansion of services under this
part.
   (b) Counties shall use funds distributed under this part only in
support of a mental health system serving seriously emotionally
disturbed children in accordance with the principles and program
requirements associated with the system of care model described in
this part.  The State Department of Mental Health shall audit and
monitor the use of these funds to ensure that the funds are used
solely in support of the children's system of care program and in
accordance with the performance contract described in subdivision
(c).  If county programs receiving children's system of care funding
do not comply with program and audit requirements determined by the
department, funds shall be redistributed to other counties to
implement, expand, or model children's system of care programs.
   (c) The department shall enter into annual performance contracts
with the selected counties and enter into training and consultation
contracts as necessary to fulfill its obligations under this part.
These annual performance contracts shall be in addition to the county
mental health services performance contracts submitted to the
department under Section 5650.  Any changes in the staffing patterns
or protocols, or both, approved in the original program proposal
shall be identified and justified in these annual performance
contracts.  Annual performance contracts filed by counties operating
the program as of January 1, 2001, shall, if approved by the
department, serve as the baseline contract for purposes of this
subdivision.  The contracts shall be exempt from the requirements of
the Public Contract Code and the State Administrative Manual and
shall be exempt from approval by the Department of General Services.

  SEC. 8.  Section 5863 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5863.  In addition to the requirements of Section 5862, each
county program proposal shall contain all of the following:
   (a) Methods and protocols for the county mental health department
to identify and screen the eligible target population children.
These protocols shall be developed with collaborative partners and
shall ensure that eligible children can be referred from all
collaborating agencies.
   (b) Measurable system performance goals for client outcome and
cost avoidance.  Outcomes shall be made available to collaborating
partners and used for program improvement.
   (c) Methods to achieve interagency collaboration by all publicly
funded agencies serving children experiencing emotional disturbances.

   (d) Appropriate written interagency protocols and agreements with
all other programs in the county that serve similar populations of
children.  Agreements shall exist with wrap-around programs (Chapter
4 (commencing with Section 18250) of Part 6 of Division 9), Family
Preservation programs (Part 4.4 (commencing with Section 16600) of
Division 9), Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge
Grant programs (Article 18.7 (commencing with Section 749.2) of
Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1), programs serving children with a
dual diagnosis including substance abuse or whose emotional
disturbance is related to family substance abuse, and programs
serving families enrolled in CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 11200.5) of Part 3 of Division 9).
   (e) A description of case management services for the target
population.  Each county program proposal shall include protocols
developed in the county for case management designed to provide
assessment, linkage, case planning, monitoring, and client advocacy
to facilitate the provision of appropriate services for the child and
family in the least restrictive environment as close to home as
possible.
   (f) Mental health services that enable a child to remain in his or
her usual family setting and that offer an appropriate alternative
to out-of-home placement.
   (g) Methods to conduct joint interagency placement screening of
target population children prior to out-of-home placement.
   (h) Identification of the number and level of county evaluation
staff and the resources necessary to meet requirements established by
the State Department of Mental Health to measure client and cost
outcome and other system performance measures.
   (i) A budget specifying all new and currently funded mental health
expenditures provided as part of the proposed system of care.  The
department shall establish reporting requirements for direct and
indirect administrative overhead, to be included in the request for
proposals.  Weight shall be given to counties with lower
administrative overhead costs.  In no case shall administrative costs
exceed those of existing county mental health programs and services.
  Expenditures for evaluation staff and resources shall not be
considered administrative costs for this purpose.
   (j) Any requirements for interagency collaboration, agreements, or
protocols contained in this section shall not diminish requirements
for the confidentiality of medical information or information
maintained by a county agency or department.
  SEC. 9.  Section 5865 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5865.  Each county shall have in place, with qualified mental
health personnel, all of the following within three years of funding
by the state:
   (a) A comprehensive, interagency system of care that serves the
target population as defined in Section 5856.
   (b) A method to screen and identify children in the target
population.  County mental health staff shall consult with the
representatives from special education, social services, and juvenile
justice agencies, the mental health advisory board, family advocacy
groups, and others as necessary to help identify all of the persons
in the target populations, including persons from ethnic minority
cultures which may require outreach for identification.
   (c) A defined mental health case management system designed to
facilitate the outcome goals for children in the target population.
   (d) A defined range of mental health services and program
standards that involve interagency collaboration and ensure
appropriate service delivery in the least restrictive environment
with community-based alternatives to out-of-home placement.
   (e) A defined mechanism to ensure that services are culturally
competent.
   (f) A defined mechanism to ensure that services are child-centered
and family-focused, with parent participation in planning and
delivery of services.
   (g) A method to show measurable improvement in individual and
family functional status for children enrolled in the system of care.

   (h) A method to measure and report cost avoidance and client
outcomes for the target population which includes, but is not limited
to, state hospital utilization, group home utilization, nonpublic
school residential placement, school attendance and performance, and
recidivism in the juvenile justice system.
   (i) A plan to ensure that system of care services are planned to
complement and coordinate with services provided under the federal
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment services
(Section 1396d(a)(4)(B) of Title 42 of the United States Code),
including foster children served under Section 5867.5, where those
services are medically necessary but children do not meet the
requirements of Section 5600.3.
   (j) A plan to ensure that system of care services are planned to
complement and coordinate with services provided to CalWORKs (Chapter
2 (commencing with Section 11200.5) of Part 3 of Division 9)
recipients whose families receive mental health treatment services.

   (k) A defined partnership between the children's system of care
program and family members of children who have been or are currently
being served in the county mental health system.  This partnership
shall include family member involvement in ongoing discussions and
decisions regarding policy development, program administration,
service development, and service delivery.
  SEC. 10.  Section 5865.1 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   5865.1.  When a county system of care serves children 15 to 21
years of age, the following structures and services shall, to the
extent possible, be available, and if not available, the county plan
shall identify a timeline for the development of these services:
   (a) Collaborative agreements with schools, community colleges,
independent living programs, child welfare services, job training
agencies, CalWORKs providers, regional center services, and
transportation and recreation services as needed.
   (b) Collaborative teams involving the youth and two or more
agencies to develop a transition plan that identifies needs and
resources required to successfully transition to independent living
as an adult.
   (c) Service plans that identify the needs of the youth in the
areas of employment, job training, health care, education,
counseling, socialization, housing, and independent living skills, to
be provided by any of the collaborative agencies and access points
for the youth identified.
   (d) Assistance with identifying the means for health insurance and
educational linkages when the young person is more than 18 years of
age.
   (e) Specific plans for the young adult to identify individuals and
community services that can provide support during the transition to
21 years of age.
   (f) Assurances that goals for young adults are individual,
identified by the youth, and developmentally appropriate.
   (g) Any requirements for interagency collaboration, agreements, or
protocols contained in this section shall not diminish requirements
for the confidentiality of medical information or information
maintained by a county agency or department.
  SEC. 11.  Section 5865.3 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   5865.3.  When a county system of care services children, zero to
five years of age, the following structures and services shall be
available, and when not available, the county plan shall identify a
timeline for the development of these services:
   (a) Collaborative agreements with public health systems, regional
center services, child care programs, CalWORKs providers, drug and
alcohol treatment programs, child welfare services, and other
agencies that may identify children and families at risk of mental
health problems that affect young children.
   (b) Outreach protocols that can assist parents to identify child
behaviors that may be addressed early to prevent mental or emotional
disorders and assure normal child development.
   (c) Identification of trained specialists that can assist the
parents of very young children at risk for emotional, social, or
developmental problems with treatment.
   (d) Performance measures that ensure that services to families of
very young children are individual, identified by the family, and
developmentally appropriate.
  SEC. 12.  Section 5866 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5866.  (a) Counties shall develop a method to encourage
interagency collaboration with shared responsibility for services and
the client and cost outcome goals.
   (b) The local mental health director shall form or facilitate the
formation of a county interagency policy and planning committee.  The
members of the council shall include, but not be limited to, family
members of children who have been or are currently being served in
the county mental health system and the leaders of participating
local government agencies, to include a member of the board of
supervisors, a juvenile court judge, the district attorney, the
public defender, the county counsel, the superintendent of county
schools, the public social services director, the chief probation
officer, and the mental health director.
   (c) The duties of the committee shall include, but not be limited
to, all of the following:
   (1) Identifying those agencies that have a significant joint
responsibility for the target population and ensuring collaboration
on countywide planning and policy.
   (2) Identifying gaps in services to members of the target
population, developing policies to ensure service effectiveness and
continuity, and setting priorities for interagency services.
   (3) Implementing public and private collaborative programs
whenever possible to better serve the target population.
   (d) The local mental health director shall form or facilitate the
formation of a countywide interagency case management council whose
function shall be to coordinate resources to specific target
population children who are using the services of more than one
agency concurrently.  The members of this council shall include, but
not be limited to, representatives from the local special education,
juvenile probation, children's social services, and mental health
services agencies, with necessary authority to commit resources from
their agency to an interagency service plan for a child and family.
The roles, responsibilities, and operation of these councils shall be
specified in written interagency agreements or memoranda of
understanding, or both.
   (e) The local mental health director shall develop written
interagency agreements or memoranda of understanding with the
agencies listed in this subdivision, as necessary.  Written
interagency agreements or memoranda shall specify jointly provided or
integrated services, staff tasks and responsibilities, facility and
supply commitments, budget considerations, and linkage and referral
services.  The agreements shall be reviewed and updated annually.
   (f) The agreements required by subdivision (e) may be established
with any of the following:
   (1) Special education local planning area consortiums.
   (2) The court juvenile probation department.
   (3) The county child protective services agency.
   (4) The county public health department.
   (5) The county department of drug and alcohol services.
   (6) Other local public or private agencies serving children.
  SEC. 13.  Section 5869 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   5869.  The department shall provide participating counties with
all of the following:
   (a) Applications for funding guidelines and format, and
coordination and oversight of the selection process as described in
Article 4 (commencing with Section 5857).
   (b) Contracts with each state funded county specifying the
approved budget, performance outcomes, and a scope of work plan for
each year of participation in the children's system of care program.

   (c) A contract with an independent evaluator for the purpose of
measuring performance outcomes and providing technical assistance to
the state and counties related to system evaluation.
   (d) Training, consultation, and technical assistance for county
applicants and participants, either directly or through contract.
                                             SEC. 14.  Section 5880
of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
   5880.  For each selected county the department shall define and
establish client and cost outcome and other system performance goals,
and negotiate the expected levels of attainment for each year of
participation.  Expected levels of attainment shall include a
breakdown by ethnic origin and shall be identified by a county in its
proposal.  These goals shall include, but not be limited to, both of
the following:
   (a) Client improvement and cost avoidance outcome measures, as
follows:
   (1) To reduce the number of child months in group homes,
residential placements pursuant to Chapter 26.5 (commencing with
Section 7570) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and
state hospital placements.
   (2) To reduce the cost of AFDC-FC group home care, residential
placements as described in paragraph (1), and state hospital
utilization, by an amount which equals at least 50 percent of the
third year project cost.  Cost avoidance shall be based on data
comparisons of statewide average expenditure and population.
   (3) To increase school attendance for pupils in targeted programs.

   (4) To increase the grade level equivalent of pupils in targeted
programs from admission to discharge.
   (5) To reduce the rate of recidivism incurred for wards in
targeted juvenile justice programs.
   (6) To show measurable improvement in individual and family
functional status for a representative sample of children enrolled in
the system of care.
   (7) To achieve statistically significant increases in services
provided in nonclinic settings among agencies.
   (8) To increase ethnic minority and gender access to services
proportionate to the percentage of these groups in the county's
school-age population.
   (b) System development and operation measures, as follows:
   (1) To provide an integrated system of care that includes
multiagency programs and joint case planning, to children who are
seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed as defined in
Section 5856.
   (2) To identify and assess children who comprise the target
population in the county evidenced by a roster which contains all
children receiving mental health case management and treatment
services.  This roster shall include necessary standardized and
uniform identifying information and demographics about the children
served.
   (3) To develop and maintain individualized service plans that will
facilitate interagency service delivery in the least restrictive
environment.
   (4) To develop or provide access to a range of intensive services
that will meet individualized service plan needs.  These services
shall include, but not be limited to, case management, expanded
treatment services at schoolsites, local juvenile corrections
facilities, and local foster homes, and flexible services.
   (5) To ensure the development and operation of the interagency
policy council and the interagency case management council.
   (6) To provide culturally competent programs that recognize and
address the unique needs of ethnic populations in relation to equal
access, program design and operation, and program evaluation.
   (7) To develop parent education and support groups, and linkages
with parents to ensure their involvement in the planning process and
the delivery of services.
   (8) To provide a system of evaluation that develops outcome
criteria and which will measure performance, including client outcome
and cost avoidance.
   (9) To gather, manage, and report data in accordance with the
requirements of the state funded outcome evaluation.
  SEC. 15.  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cathie
Wright Children's Mental Health Services Act.
